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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
11
The Paris press debates gas use in Moroccan action after Marshal Petain visits the front. Surgeon Jean Louis Faure argues poison gas is mild and useful, urging evacuation of positions with few casualties. The article notes police already employ gas to arrest criminals.
The passage argues war caused few hundred casualties and that gas attacks, while barbaric, are less deadly yet more efficient than shell barbarism. It contends gassed soldiers suffer but are not as pitiable as those permanently maimed or blinded.
E. D. Bowen a 66 year old bicyclist arrived in Olympia Washington after riding from Galesburg Illinois covering 7000 miles in 103 days on his cross country tour. He plans to visit other state capitals during the journey.
The traveler called his journey a pleasure jaunt and said riding a bicycle let him see all the sights during a tour of Olympia, the twenty fifth capital.
Bowen visits representatives across the union and intends to meet all members before returning home. He previously undertook a similar journey twenty five years ago, traveling through nine European countries.
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